Charles Barkley's Thoughts on Lebron James 'Decision' to Blame The Backlash of The Summer on Race

And the saga continues...

Lebron James has recieved tons of criticism from fans, owners, and analysts for having an hour long special just to let the world know he's taking his talents to the Miami Heat.  ESPN has recieved a lot of criticism as well for airing The Decision.  Journalist were proclaiming how ESPN lost a lot of credibility because of it. It was just a bad look for all parties involved.  One would think after all that one would know when its time to stop.... or at least take a break.

Not in Lebron's case.  He say's that all this criticism is coming from race. I guess when the going gets tough just pull out the race card.  That's what everybody seems to do now a days.

Here's how Charles Barkeley feels:

"Sometimes you just say he’s making bad decisions and you’re like okay, he’s gonna get it together. Then he makes more bad decisions. The thing that’s interesting about LeBron, I don’t think Magic, Michael, and myself, we said we wouldn’t have did it. That’s not a criticism. We were asked a question. I don’t want to play with Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, or Michael, I want to beat them. That’s strictly basketball. The only criticism I’ve heard about LeBron and it was my biggest criticism, that decision thing was just stupid. It was stupid. The second thing when they all came out there dancing around on stage, that was silly. That’s the only thing I’ve heard LeBron get criticized about. That has nothing to do with race. That’s what makes this last thing so stupid. That’s stupid. The only criticism of LeBron has been the decision and the one hour of our life that we can’t have back. And ESPN, oh my God. Oh my God. To go down to training camp and report everyday is one of the most ridiculous things I’ve ever seen. I’m watching yesterday and one of the guys actually said LeBron looked fierce in practice. I’m like fierce in practice? What the hell does that mean? He was fierce in the second day of training camp. You’re like come on man, he really didn’t say that did he. This summer with LeBron and all the stuff that went on is like a bad movie. You just can’t make this stuff up.”


Is this criticism or is this the truth????